Game apparatus.



No. 876,324. PATENTED JAN.'14, 1908.

J. BRUOKBR. GAME APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 22, 1907.

INVENTOR /m1%,4 @u/Wr 61 m ATTORNEYS p of i No. 878,324.

JOSEPH BRUCKER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y. f

GAEE arnana'rns.

Specification of Letters Patent.

, Patented Jan. 14,1908.

Application filed August 22. 1907- Serial No- 889.614.

To all *uihom 'it may concern:

Be it lmown that I, JOSEPH BRUCKER,. a.

citizen of the United States, residing at the city of New York, boroughof Manhattan, in

the county and State of ew York, have invented certain new and useful Imrovements in Game Apparatus, of which t e following is a full, clear,and exact specification. My invention relates to improvements in toys,and the same has for its object, more particularly, to provide a simple,inex enslve and novel form of dart-or arrow, an means for ro'ecting thesame.

urt er my invention consists in the novel details of construction, andin the combination, connection and arrangement arts hereinafter morefully described, d then pointed out in the claims. In the accompanyingdrawings formmg part of this specification wherein like numerals ofreference indicate like parts, Figure 1 is a sideview showing theapparatus in the hands of the user with the arrow about ready to beprojected; Fig. 2 is a side view of the pro ecting device; Fig. 3 is aface view of the arrow; Fig. 4 is an enlargeddetail side view showing aportion of the arrow shaft, and the means for attaching the arrow to therojecting device, and Fig. 5 is a face view of the parts seen in side.view at Fi 4. ln said drawings I have shown a complete apparatuscomprising a projecting device 10 consisting of a rod 11 made of reed,or any other suitable resilient material, and a flexible member or cord12 secured at one end 'to said rod 10, and provided at its other endwith a block 13 which is fastened at its middle to the end of saidflexible member or cord 12.

14 designates an arrow or dart which may be made of wood or othermaterial and comprises a shaft 15 provided at one end with an enlargedportion or head 16, tapermg in o posite dlrections, and at its other endsai shaft isprovided with a flattened portionor feather 17 which may bemade independently thereof and secured thereto, or made as an integralpart of said shaft.

18 denotes a recess or notch provided in the side of the shaft 15 whichis arranged transversely thereof at about the point of balance of thearrow. 1

The 0 ration of the apparatus is as follows: order to project the arrow14 the end of the rod 11 is gras forms, and still embod above set forth,and tli jecting hand, and the arrow held 1n the other intermediate thethumb and forefinger. The end of the flexible member or 'jecting deviceis then adjusted in the notch 18 in the shaft 15 of the arrow, with theblock 13 restin lengthwise against the underside of said shaft 15, andthe end of the flexible member or cord 13 held in osition in the notch18-by the thumb o the hand holding said arrow. The rod 11 is thenslightly flexed and the cord 12 thereby drawn taut whereupon the arrowis permitted to slip through the hand sufficiently to permit the user tograsp the tail 17 of the arrow. Hereupon the rod 11 is further flexed tothe pro er extent, and the hold of ped firmly in one cord 1.2 of theprothe arrow sudden y released thereby causing the same to be projected.

It will of course be obvious that the arrow can be made in a largevariet of she es and the eatures ereinor tail portion of the arrow ismade flat the same may, be made of any desired outline or shape andcolored or ornamented as desirec Having thus described my said inventionwhat I claim and desire to secure'by Letters Patent is 1. A ameapparatus comprising a projectin evice consistin of a resihent rod, afiex1 lesection secured at one end to said rod, a block secured to saidflexible section at its other .end, and a shaft having means arranged.thereon intermediate its ends adapted to receive the free end of saidfiexi ble section to hold said block against said shaft and said shaftattached to said flexible section when said resilient rod is flexed,substantially as specified.

2. A ame apparatus comprising a projectin evice consisting of aresilient rod, a cor secured thereto at one end, a block secured to saidcord at its other end, and an 0 arrow having-a transverse recess thereinintermediate its head and feather adapted to receive the free end ofsaid cord and hold said arrow attached to said cord under ten-- s on ofsaid resilient rod, substantially as 5 specified.

3. A ame apparatus comprising a proevice conslsting of a resillent rod,

a cor secured thereto at one end, a block secured to said cord at itsother end, and an 0 at when the feather arrow having an enlarged head atone end, Signed at the city of New York, in the a flattened, taperedfeather at its other end, county and State of New York, this sevenand atransverse recess arranged at about teenth day of August, 1907.

the point of balance of said arrow ada ted JOSEPH BRUCKER. to receivethe free end of said cord and old Witnesses: i

said arrow-attached thereto under tension CONRAD A. DIETERIOH,

of said resilient rod, substantially as specified. LOUIS B. HABBROUOK.

